[32] As they were going out, they met a Cyrenian named Simon; this man they pressed into service to carry his cross. [33] And when they came to a place called Golgotha (which means Place of the Skull), [34] they gave Jesus wine to drink mixed with gall. But when he had tasted it, he refused to drink. [35] After they had crucified him, they divided his garments by casting lots; [36] then they sat down and kept watch over him there. [37] And they placed over his head the written charge against him: This is Jesus, the King of the Jews. [38] Two revolutionaries were crucified with him, one on his right and the other on his left. [39] Those passing by reviled him, shaking their heads [40] and saying, "You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself, if you are the Son of God, (and) come down from the cross!" [41] Likewise the chief priests with the scribes and elders mocked him and said, [42] "He saved others; he cannot save himself. So he is the king of Israel! Let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him. [43] He trusted in God; let him deliver him now if he wants him. For he said, 'I am the Son of God.'" [44] The revolutionaries who were crucified with him also kept abusing him in the same way.
(CCC 580) The perfect fulfilment of the Law could be the work of none but the divine legislator, born subject to the Law in the person of the Son (Cf. Gal 4:4). In Jesus, the Law no longer appears engraved on tables of stone but "upon the heart" of the Servant who becomes "a covenant to the people", because he will "faithfully bring forth justice" (Jer 31:33; Isa 42:3, 6). Jesus fulfils the Law to the point of taking upon himself "the curse of the Law" incurred by those who do not "abide by the things written in the book of the Law, and do them", for his death took place to redeem them "from the transgressions under the first covenant" (Gal 3:13; 3:10; Heb 9:15).
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